[PLUG] Sparc dhcp vs. DNS

[Robbert van Andel]

I had the same problem with my RedHat 7.2 system.  I had to set my DNS
configuration to use the DNS Search path to ATTBI.COM and set the DNS
servers statically.

Robbert

On Tue, 2002-09-10 at 20:42, todd.sarratt wrote:
> I got a console connection into my Sparc20, thanks everyone who contributed!
> For anyone's future reference, I grabbed the female DB-15 / RJ plug and male
> DB-25 / RJ plug from a Cisco router.  Put a straight ethernet connection in
> between and away I went.
> 
> Using debian 2.2 I installed a base system and selected dhcp.  It pulls an
> IP address from my Netgear router (which it is soon, hopefully, to replace).
> The Sparc can ping the outside world.  However, it is not resolving DNS.
> 
> gibraltar:/etc# ping www.google.com
> ping: unknown host www.google.com
> gibraltar:/etc# ping 216.239.51.101
> PING 216.239.51.101 (216.239.51.101): 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 216.239.51.101: icmp_seq=0 ttl=43 time=110.1 ms
> 64 bytes from 216.239.51.101: icmp_seq=1 ttl=43 time=100.9 ms
> 
> --- 216.239.51.101 ping statistics ---
> 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
> round-trip min/avg/max = 100.9/105.5/110.1 ms
> 
> gibraltar:/etc# ifconfig
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:20:72:F3:7A
>           inet addr:192.168.0.23  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:29 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:15 errors:3 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:3
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
>           Interrupt:38 Base address:0xa600
> 
> lo        Link encap:Local Loop
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3924  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> 
> gibraltar:/etc# tail /var/log/messages
> Sep 11 04:00:08 gibraltar kernel: eth0: using auto-carrier-detection.
> Sep 11 04:00:08 gibraltar kernel: eth1: LANCE 08:00:20:72:f3:7a
> Sep 11 04:00:08 gibraltar kernel: Partition check:
> Sep 11 04:00:08 gibraltar kernel:  sda: sda1 sda2
> Sep 11 04:00:08 gibraltar kernel:  sdb: sdb1 sdb2
> Sep 11 04:00:08 gibraltar kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
> readonly.
> Sep 11 04:00:08 gibraltar kernel: Adding Swap: 32248k swap-space
> (priority -1)
> Sep 11 04:00:08 gibraltar kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying TPE
> Sep 11 04:00:08 gibraltar kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying AUI
> Sep 11 04:00:08 gibraltar kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying TPE
> 
> Any help appreciated!
> 
> Thanks,
> Todd
> 
> 
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